Highest Powerplay Score In IPL History: Sunrisers Hyderabad openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma have created history against Delhi Capitals. In fact, both the openers scored a record 125 runs in the first 6 overs i.e. powerplay. This is the highest powerplay score in IPL history. Earlier this record was in the name of Kolkata Knight Riders. In IPL 2017, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 105 runs in the first 6 overs against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Abhishek Sharma returned to the pavilion after scoring 46 runs off 12 balls. Travis Head is at the crease after scoring 89 runs off 31 balls. So far Travis Head has hit 11 fours and 6 sixes in his innings.
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Teams with the most runs in the powerplay in IPL history…
However, now Sunrisers Hyderabad has become the team to score the most runs in the powerplay over in IPL history. Pat Cummins’ team left Kolkata Knight Riders behind. At the same time, Chennai Super Kings is at number three in this list.
In IPL 2014, Chennai Super Kings scored 100 runs for 2 wickets in the first 6 overs against Punjab Kings. After this comes Chennai Super Kings. In IPL 2015, Chennai Super Kings scored 90 runs in the first 6 overs against Mumbai Indians. Whereas in IPL 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 88 runs for 1 wicket in the first 6 overs against Delhi Capitals.
Talking about this match, the score of Sunrisers Hyderabad is 266 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. After Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram got out after scoring 1 run. While Travis Head played a blistering innings of 89 runs in 32 balls. This batsman hit 11 fours and 6 sixes in his innings. So far, Kuldeep Yadav has got all the three successes for Delhi Capitals.
Travis Head thrashed Delhi bowlers, scored a half-century in just 16 balls
The pair of Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma has created problems for the opposition teams. Travis Head has scored a fifty in just 16 balls in the match against Delhi Capitals. Now Head has come to the first place in terms of scoring the fastest half-century for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL. Earlier, Abhishek Sharma had completed a half-century in 16 balls in the same season. Travis Head had made DC bowlers go crazy by hitting 4 fours and 7 sixes to complete fifty runs.
Earlier, Head is the same batsman who scored a fifty in 18 balls
Head is the same batsman who scored a fifty in 18 balls in the match against Royal Challengers in IPL 2024. In the same match, he scored a century in 39 balls and scored the fourth fastest century in the history of the Indian Premier League. Now Head has improved his record of fastest fifty. Head has now also become the second fastest Australian player to score a half-century in IPL history. Only Pat Cummins is ahead of him in this matter, who completed his fifty in just 14 balls while playing for KKR in 2022.
Abhishek played an innings of 46 runs in just 12 balls
Apart from Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma has also thrashed the bowlers of Delhi Capitals. Abhishek played an innings of 46 runs in just 12 balls in the match against Delhi, in which he also hit 2 fours and 6 sixes. Although he missed the record of scoring the fastest half-century for SRH, but his explosive partnership of 131 runs in 34 balls with Travis Head has put Sunrisers Hyderabad on the front foot in the match against Delhi.
